Western Heights Elementary School

Located at 1100 Elizabeth Street, in Westlake, Louisiana, Western Heights Elementary School is an intimate K-5 school that educates 343 students (grades 3 through 5), run under Calcasieu Parish. That puts it 24% smaller than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Western Heights Elementary School is one of 56 schools operated by Calcasieu Parish, a district that teaches 27,851 students overall.

Demographically, Western Heights Elementary School shows that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 15% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Calcasieu Parish as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 57% of students at Western Heights Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Western Heights Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.6%, the actual is 42.3%, a residual of -1.2 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Calcasieu Parish) reports that median household earnings sit near $67,564, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Calcasieu Parish's 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,278 students), Western Heights Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Westlake High School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Western Heights Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Western Heights Elementary School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 29.6%.

Western Heights Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 13%: 393 students in 2018 compared to 343 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.